Wednesday, 29 April 2015

This week we managed to catch the last 2 days of sun before the summer ended and it started to rain. Lucky really as we're filming a new summer ad! It's a new project that we're working on with Kode Media and Belafonte.

Kode are producing it, we are the animation directors and Belfonte are the live action directors. So a very nice team indeed. It's going to be a combination of live action mixed with lovingly hand drawn animation.

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

We are working on crafting some paper landscapes at the moment too.
These pieces are inspired by traditional Chinese pen-jing, literally 'potted landscape'. Each landscape has two components: mountains and water, or shan-shui. Each shan-shui landscape is its own world. Not a representation. An actual world. In a pot.

We made them out of paper because we like paper. And because paper is cheap, disposable and everyday: perfect for creating possibility, mystery and subtlety.

There's lots more to be done on these little guys so we'll be updating more soon! Here are some making of photos to look at in the meantime: